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I shot a 12 gauge once and it was big, heavy, and had a LOT of recoil. Not something I would really want to carry around to defend myself with.

I'm thinking either a compact rifle or handgun as being an ideal apocalypse weapon. Anything too big would suck to have to carry around, or would be useless in close quarters like a car.

I've shot shotguns all my life, everything from pump action 12 gauge's to semi-auto 10 gauge (one of my shotguns that is gorgeous and have ever fired a full auto shotty. If Cali wasn't so AWFUL ATROCIOUS HORRIBLE AND UBER-GOOBER LIKE about gun laws I would have a lot of my zombie guns.

A short rifle (like a like hunting rifle i.e. a little .22 with a scope is one of the best weapons out there. A pistol would always be useful, but only as a sidearm. It's not awesome enough on its own to justify using it as your main weapon. Car travel would make things difficult, but it's the zombie apocalypse, I'm sure we could find a way to make it fit :madmax:

I've shot shotguns all my life, everything from pump action 12 gauge's to semi-auto 10 gauge (one of my shotguns that is gorgeous and have ever fired a full auto shotty. If Cali wasn't so AWFUL ATROCIOUS HORRIBLE AND UBER-GOOBER LIKE about gun laws I would have a lot of my zombie guns.

A short rifle (like a like hunting rifle i.e. a little .22 with a scope is one of the best weapons out there. A pistol would always be useful, but only as a sidearm. It's not awesome enough on its own to justify using it as your main weapon. Car travel would make things difficult, but it's the zombie apocalypse, I'm sure we could find a way to make it fit :madmax:

What is the range on a shotgun, anyway? Like say you wanted to hit something really far away, how far could you get?

Maybe it's just my video game experience, but doesn't a rifle with a scope really suck for anything up close? And don't zombies have this knack for getting close to people and trying to eat their brains?

Maybe it's just my video game experience, but doesn't a rifle with a scope really suck for anything up close? And don't zombies have this knack for getting close to people and trying to eat their brains?

A little, but that's why you stay in the back shooting them as they get close OR you shoot them before they get close.

lol, it takes a fair bit of effort to find where a laser pointer dot is coming from with a normal human. If your brains were partly eaten, I would think chances are slim you'd find where it ever came from.